A Guide to Cooperative Learning
For Teachers
5.  Welcome to Cooperative and Collaborative Learning.
 In this session we'll focus specifically on how this technique for using small, cooperative groups in education can help improve learning in your class. 
8. Cooperative learning is a generic term for various small group interactive instructional procedures. Students work together on academic tasks in small groups to help themselves and their teammates learn together. In general, cooperative learning methods share the following five characteristics
9. An overview of cooperative learning 
and some resources for finding online cooperative learning activities and lesson plans to try in your classroom

10 Not only interaction but cooperation being the innermost nature of man, learning cooperatively is the most natural way of learning. Then again, organizing groups of students so that they learn effectively and efficiently in a collaborative manner isn’t an easy task at all – it is a highly complex undertaking with many entrapments and obstacles on the way.
In this community we will discuss all the nuts and bolts of creating effective cooperative learning environments.
12. Guide to Cooperative Learning
 'We search on cooperative learning is overwhelmingly positive, and the cooperative approaches are appropriate for all curriculum areas. The more complex the outcomes (higher-order processing of information, problem solving, social skills and attitudes), the greater are the effects. “ Bruce Joyce
13. Not only interaction but cooperation being the innermost nature of man, learning cooperatively is the most natural way of learning. Then again, organizing groups of students so that they learn effectively and efficiently in a collaborative manner isn’t an easy task at all – it is a highly complex undertaking with many entrapments and obstacles on the way.
In this community we will discuss all the nuts and bolts of creating effective cooperative learning environments.
19. Use these strategies to improve your students' cooperative learning skills. 
Included are articles to teach you about each concept and lesson plans with ...
Use these strategies to improve your students' cooperative learning skills. Included are articles to teach you about each concept and lesson plans with which you can implement the strategies. These are great professional development resources and are an excellent resource to ensure that you are improving your professional skill set.